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The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Age: 57 †
Born: 1772
Born: January 1
Died: 1829
Died: January 11
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The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness.
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The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.
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If you want to penetrate into the heart of physics, then let yourself be initiated into the mysteries of poetry.
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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.
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